Elementary Electives

Designed to be used in fourth or fifth grade, this course follows the growth of the early church. The first four LightUnits focus on the events described in the Book of Acts. The last LightUnit gives brief overviews of the epistles and ends with several lessons from the Book of Revelation.

Each lesson contains a story and workbook activities. The Teacher's Guide gives objectives and suggestions for teaching each lesson and provides alternate LightUnit tests. Reproductions of the LightUnit pages, quizzes, and tests are included with answers.

Each of the five LightUnits has sixteen lessons, providing two or three Bible lessons a week for a full school term. Each LightUnit includes two quizzes and a test.

Students may begin Music Book One in Grade 1 or 2 and do one workbook per year. However, other than gradual advancement in reading level, the workbooks are not tied into any particular grade. Both round and shaped notes are taught. Material overlaps between books, but some specifics in each book follow:

The first book in this twin set is part of the CLE Sunrise first grade Language Arts course, but both books may be used as a separate penmanship course with any curriculum.

I Can Write Manuscript (1st grade) is a beautifully illustrated workbook containing practice in copying letters, numbers, words, short sentences, and simple poems on the theme of animal babies and their mothers. Correct formation and proper stroke sequence is emphasized.

I Can Write Cursive (2nd or 3rd grade) provides extra practice and thorough reinforcement for students still learning cursive writing. Beautiful pencil drawings and fascinating facts about birds, bugs, and butterflies intrigue students as they practice the mechanics of penmanship.

Developed for use in Amish schools, Pentime Penmanship is designed to teach children handwriting with minimum assistance. We are carrying this series as a supplement to CLE Language Arts for those students needing extra penmanship practice. Eight black and white workbooks help students master the skill of manuscript writing, transition into cursive, and continue to build cursive skills using smaller and smaller lines. Cursive is introduced in the third book. Books four through eight provide continuous practice by copying longer and longer paragraphs.

This series of vocabulary workbooks from Pathway Publishers is designed to enrich student’s understanding of words. They may be used with any elementary reading series. Each book contains 42 lessons. Each lesson features a list of 20 words to match with definitions, a section on using the words correctly in sentence blanks, and a mixed review section. Reminders in the workbook direct students when they are to take one of the seven review tests included in the back.

Each level of this course contains thirty lessons plus six reviews. The workbooks contain matching exercises, games, Bible verses, and songs that make this a fast, fun way to learn Spanish.

Speedy Spanish 1 (Gr. 3 and up) teaches over 500 words. Along with the workbook lessons, eight self-teaching CDs help the student learn on his own and correct his work.

Speedy Spanish 2 (Gr. 4 and up) reviews the material from the first book and adds more than 500 new words. The workbook teaches conjugation of verbs and writing and translating Spanish words. A set of eight CDs is available.

Is your child struggling with sentence diagramming? This book of
reproducible sheets is designed to be used several ways: for students
new to CLE Language Arts who have used a curriculum that does not
emphasize sentence diagramming, for students who simply need extra
practice, and for teachers who need a refresher course in diagramming.
The exercises in the book are arranged by grade level according to the
types of diagramming taught in each grade.